Federal prosecutors have agreed to pause the criminal case against former CIA analyst and Korea expert Sue Mi Terry for one year, with charges to be dismissed if she avoids further legal trouble during that period. The development marks a significant shift in a closely watched national-security prosecution filed in the Southern District of New York, where Terry had been…
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Attorneys can now use state trial court data to find successful motions, research judges and opposing counsel, and support their drafting, all within Microsoft 365 Copilot. Trellis, the legal research platform and authoritative litigation data layer for state trial courts, today announced its integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot as part of Microsoft’s Copilot for Legal […]
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Today’s legal news cycle underscores how quickly risk can shift across multiple fronts at once: active litigation, government enforcement, criminal exposure, and legislation-driven regulatory change. While the underlying stories span different industries and forums, the common thread is that legal teams are being asked to respond faster, with more coordination between litigators, in-house counsel, compliance officers, and public-policy functions.

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A new connector announced today enables Harvey customers to access the AI legal research platform Midpage.The connector makes Midpage’s research library of U.S. case law, statutes, regulations, and agency materials accessible from directly within Harvey, so lawyers can find and cite authority on the same platform they use for drafting and analysis.Midpage already had connectors with Anthropic’s Claude, which was…
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The FTC’s October 2026 consumer-protection docket may not feature a marquee headline case, but it does send a clear signal: pricing practices remain an active enforcement priority. This month’s announcements include a settlement with an auto dealership group over alleged price-transparency issues and enforcement activity involving major wholesale T-shirt distributors over fair-pricing concerns.

For businesses, the takeaway is straightforward. The…
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Users of the Legora legal AI platform can now access tax research from Blue J Legal via an integration the companies launched today.Legora customers with a subscription to Blue J can now query Blue J’s platform from within Legora and receive answers with inline citations linking back to sources in Blue J.The companies say that their shared customers had asked…
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The U.S. Department of Justice has sued California election officials, seeking an order that would prevent the state from counting vote-by-mail ballots cast by voters the federal government identifies as “likely” noncitizens unless and until citizenship is confirmed. The case lands at the intersection of federal election enforcement, voter eligibility rules, and the states’ broad authority to administer elections.

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I was a litigator for many years, much of it spent handling mass torts with high stakes. I know how litigation works. I have seen lawyers turn what ought to be straightforward dispute into a bloody war that exponentially increases time and expense. And that was before AI.I thought about this as I was reading Richard Tromans’ excellent recent…
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A judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has dismissed former CIA Director John Brennan’s lawsuit seeking to compel the Justice Department to preserve records that might be relevant to a possible future criminal prosecution of him. The ruling is notable less for any merits determination about recordkeeping and more for what it says about Article…
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The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit against REPS & Company, alleging the ticket broker used unlawful and deceptive methods to evade ticket-purchase limits and acquire millions of tickets for high-demand live events. The case, brought as U.S. v. REPS & Company, Inc., puts a spotlight on practices that have long drawn scrutiny in the live-entertainment market: bulk purchasing,…
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Late-week legal developments offered a clear reminder that risk is moving on multiple fronts at once: courts, prosecutors, regulators, and lawmakers are all reshaping the operating environment for companies and counsel. While the headlines span different practice areas, the broader takeaway for legal professionals is practical—clients are facing faster-moving exposure, and response strategies need to account for parallel civil, criminal,…
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There’s two ways of looking at a glass: it’s either half full or half empty. I thought about this when I read Everlaw’s 2026 Legal AI Adoption and Impact Report. Everlaw mostly says the AI legal glass is half full but the curmudgeon in me can’t resist a half empty view as well. Or telling a joke about three frogs…
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